In Slovenia, a Trumpian Populist Assumes a Key European Post Janez Jansa is increasingly seen as one of the continent’s most illiberal leaders. Foreign Policy · Jun 30, 2021
China Is Radically Expanding Its Nuclear Missile Silos With more weapons likely, it’s time to go back to arms talks. Foreign Policy · Jun 30, 2021
The World Doesn’t Want Beijing’s Fighter Jets Snazzy weapons mean a lot less if you don’t have friends. Foreign Policy · Jun 30, 2021
We Still Don’t Know India’s True COVID-19 Death Toll Journalists are only now discovering the extent of the government’s underreporting. Foreign Policy · Jun 30, 2021
U.S. Questioned Whether Afghan Government Could Survive Taliban Onslaught Biden to boost aid to Kabul as the militants capture more territory. Foreign Policy · Jun 30, 2021
Why Is Ted Cruz Threatening Angela Merkel? U.S. senators have threatened the Port of Sassnitz with “fatal measures,” but it’s worth asking what would happen if others acted the same way. Foreign Policy · Jun 30, 2021
Biden Is Falling Into the Same Trap With Europe as Obama Washington’s myopic focus on Berlin and Brussels is a grave mistake. The rest of Europe shouldn’t be flyover country. Foreign Policy · Jun 30, 2021
Biden’s “Build Back Better World” Is an Empty Competitor to China There’s no need to follow Beijing’s hollow Belt and Road Initiative. Foreign Policy · Jun 29, 2021
Italy’s Far-Right Is on the Rise Giorgia Meloni’s Brothers of Italy is displacing Matteo Salvini’s League and making a play for power in Italy. Foreign Policy · Jun 29, 2021
How the Tulsa Race Massacre Vanished And why it’s not enough to recover its history. Foreign Policy · Jun 29, 2021
Biden Needs an International Organizations Strategy A U.S. State Department czar should lead a campaign to stop China and Russia from gaining control of multilateral agencies. Foreign Policy · Jun 29, 2021
Can Biden Solve the North Korea Puzzle? Biden opened the door for talks with Kim Jong Un, but Pyongyang is playing hard to get. Foreign Policy · Jun 28, 2021
The Build Back Better World Partnership Could Finally Break the Belt and Road When nations are freed from China’s oppressive debt practices, economies across the world can achieve sustainable growth through trade, stability, and collective prosperity. Foreign Policy · Jun 28, 2021
The Quad Is a Delusion The new grouping won’t give the United States any more leverage over China than it already has—and it might raise tensions in the region higher… Foreign Policy · Jun 28, 2021
Foreign Policy · Jun 28, 2021 Social Media Provided a Lifeline to a Desperate India at COVID-19’s Peak Volunteers struggle with trauma and loss after months of efforts.
Foreign Policy · Jun 28, 2021 U.S. Strikes Point to Growing Iranian Drone Threat Pentagon planners had been spotting Iran-backed drone attacks targeting U.S. troops for weeks before the strikes.
Foreign Policy · Jun 28, 2021 Barbados Is Ready to Say Goodbye to the Queen This year, it plans to become a republic—here’s why, and what that means for others in the region.
Foreign Policy · Jun 28, 2021 A Famous Buddhist Teacher Is Under Fire for Backing Myanmar’s Junta Sitagu Sayadaw once protested for democracy but now preaches nationalism.
Foreign Policy · Jun 27, 2021 A Confused Biden Team Risks Losing Southeast Asia If the region continues to drift toward China, Washington has only itself to blame.
Foreign Policy · Jun 27, 2021 The Geopolitics of Empathy How our understanding—or misunderstanding—of other countries’ perspectives shapes global order.
Foreign Policy · Jun 26, 2021 As Europe Reopens for Travel, North America Is Staying Shut Scientists say it’s safe for vaccinated people to travel, but the politics of fear is keeping borders closed.
Foreign Policy · Jun 25, 2021 Russia Policy Puts Biden Under Pressure Across Europe Ukraine has the most to gain in Biden’s emerging Russia policy—and the most to lose.
Foreign Policy · Jun 25, 2021 How to Keep India All-In on the Quad A once-reluctant partner has become a new driver of a critical coalition.
Foreign Policy · Jun 25, 2021 ‘Now I Can’t Go Home’ Afghan interpreters who worked with the U.S. military clamor for U.S. visas to escape Taliban retribution.
Foreign Policy · Jun 25, 2021 Can Biden Save Ashraf Ghani? To stop the Taliban’s advance and his government’s collapse, the Afghan leader must check his hubris at the White House door.